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Short answer to the original question, yes.
Anyway, as for changing the way you call a game during a blowout, I think that we probably all do it, at least subconciously. But, I still try very hard not to do this because when you don't call obvious fouls or violations (even though it is a blowout), it makes you look like a poor official. It can often lead to problems such as whining coaches.
I think an easy way to avoid this is to call the entire game to the level of the players. Meaning that if the players are horribly out of control, you're going to have to call more fouls to keep them from killing each other. And whether or not it's the 1st or the 4th quarter, I still don't want dead players sprawled all over the court.
Now if they're higher quality players, you obviously won't have to be as tight with your foul calling. But either way, you need to be consistent throughout the entire game.
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